East Contemporary

Category: South Korea

Suwon iPark Museum of Art: “Donated Works – Rha Hye Sok” + “PLAYART_Art via Games” + “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Virtual Reality”

Suwon, April 28 – August 21, 2016 (Rha + PLAYART), July 14 – October 16, 2016 (Alice), http://sima.suwon.go.kr SIMA is a new museum in Suwon that opened in October 2015. “iPark” is the is an apartment brand launched by Hyundai Development Company in 2001. Prominently featured in the entrance hall of the museum is the…

3hr Agency “Concretulation”

Seoul (세운상가 가열327호 개방회로), August 5 – August 19, 2016, www.3hragency.com, opencircuit.co.kr Sewoon Sangga, a large market complex near Jogno 3-ga in the center of Seoul, was quiet and half deserted on the Saturday afternoon when I was finding my way through the maze of little shops and warehouses selling mostly electronic goods. It was…

MMCA Changdong “It’s fun to stay at the MMCA”

Seoul, August 12, 2016, http://www.mmca.go.kr, FB event A one night open studio and opening party for a small exhibition on the ground floor of the Changdong Residency of MMCA. Artworks by Tim Breukers (large Styrofoam mashup sculpture), Tyler Joseph Stefanich (generative video and graphite sound drawing), and Enrique Ramirez (videos of sea and a sport…

SeMA Bukseoul: Ju Jae Hwan vs Kim Dong Kyu “Title Match” + “Neighbors and Strangers” + Lee Ju Yong “Photographic Studio”

Seoul, July 26 – October 16, 2016 (Title Match), July 22 – October 26, 2016 (Neighbors), May 3 – August 15, 2016 (Lee Ju Yong), http://sema.seoul.go.kr The Ju Jae Hwan 주재환 and Kim Dong Kyu 김동규 “Title Match” exhibition has been a continuation of the title match series that puts together an artist of an…

MMCA Seoul: The Otolith Group “Otolith III” + “Hydra Decapita”

Seoul, August 12, 2016 (screening), http://www.mmca.go.kr In addition to exhibitions, MMCA also organizes a screening program that introduces artists-filmmakers. The screenings take place in comfortable cinema space within the building and are freely accessible with the purchase of a standard museum ticket. Much better than watching these art movies on some more or less uncomfortable…

SongEun Art Space: Yunchul Kim “Evanescent”

Seoul, July 20 – September 3, 2016, http://www.songeunartspace.org Liquids and their physical properties have been the main object of research of Yunchul Kim 김윤철. Each floor of the exhibition space featured different kinds of experiments with their material properties, density, viscosity and crystal formation. The aesthetic effect was fascinating.